• BaroqueInMind@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s almost as if they simply want to disarm you so they can do whatever they want with jack-booted armed cops as their muscle.

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      I’m not understanding- by banning the AR-15 only, they will be doing nothing effective but also they’re going to disarm everyone? I’m not sure why the first one is necessary if they’re going to do the second.

      That said, I’m 46 and I’ve heard “they’re coming for your guns” my whole life. I’m wondering when they’re going to do it because they’re sure taking their time.

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        I said when your age you haven’t tried to buy a gun or ammo recently have you? I hadn’t in a while back when I was in my twenties.

        I mean my personal anecdote is : I bought a gun and ammunition back in the early 2000s. As I’m no gun nut I hadn’t messed with it much until somewhat recently.

        I called up my police department and my police department said that there’s three conflicting laws and how to transport my gun to the shooting range. I think you just haven’t kept up at the times. I mean no insult saying that since I’m your age. 😁

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        That said, I’m 46 and I’ve heard “they’re coming for your guns” my whole life. I’m wondering when they’re going to do it because they’re sure taking their time.

        Could it be possible that it hasn’t happened yet because people have been fighting against it?

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                They’re just campaigning and advocating for it with no intention of following through on it?

                Facts First: Biden’s gun control plan does not include confiscating legally owned weapons and an interpretation of a “viral video” is a mishearing of what was said. The former vice president has said in the past that a Biden administration would come for people’s “assault weapons.”

                But in August 2019, during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Biden was asked about people who think a Biden administration “means they’re going to come for my guns.” Biden replied, “Bingo, you’re right if you have an assault weapon. The fact of the matter is they should be illegal. Period.”

                When asked about this exchange, a Biden official told CNN, “Joe Biden defeated the NRA to ban assault weapons before, and he was reminding viewers that as president he will do it again.”

                https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/politics/fact-check-joe-biden-gun-control/index.html

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                  Okay? Where does any of that say there will be mass gun confiscation? Was there mass gun confiscation when the Assault Weapons Ban was in effect? Wouldn’t that have been the time to do it?

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                    Okay? Where does any of that say there will be mass gun confiscation?

                    You weren’t specific.

                    Was there mass gun confiscation when the Assault Weapons Ban was in effect?

                    The AWB banned import and manufacture of certain firearms for sale to civilians. The guns and magazines in circulation were grandfathered.

                    Wouldn’t that have been the time to do it?

                    I’m not sure how you would determine the best time to do it.